2025-09-20: Immigration Roundup

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greenleft.org.au (2025-09-20). How can we defeat the far right? greenleft.org.au

____ (2025-09-20). Trump's H1-B Visa Fee Hike Targets High-Skilled Immigrants. devdiscourse.com In a sweeping policy shift likely to affect thousands of Indian professionals, President Donald Trump has introduced a new $100,000 annual fee for H1-B visas. This change is part of his administration's ongoing efforts to intensify immigration scrutiny, especially targeting what Trump called one of the "most abused" visa systems.

newarab (2025-09-20). Tears of joy as Egyptian immigrant released from US detention. newarab.com An Egyptian immigrant who has worked as a chaplain for a Cincinnati hospital was released Friday after weeks in detention. | Ayman Soliman was detained in July during a check-in with immigration officials. Soliman served as an imam — a Muslim religious leader — in Egypt for 14 years before fleeing to the United States in 2014, according to the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, where he serves as a board member. | Speaking to supporters after his release Friday evening, Soliman thanked the community for advocating on his behalf and recalled how his fellow detainees celebrated as he was released. His…

newarab (2025-09-20). 19 bodies recovered after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast. newarab.com

aljazeera (2025-09-20). 'We lost everything twice': Afghan returnees struggle after earthquake. aljazeera.com Afghans deported from Pakistan and Iran face homelessness after recent earthquake destroyed their homes and livelihoods.

tn.ai (2025-09-20). Man Arrested in The Hague after Trying to Torch Israeli Embassy in Protest at Gaza War. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A man was arrested in The Hague after attempting to set fire to the Israeli embassy, an act seen as part of the mounting wave of protests against Israel's bloody assault on Gaza that has fueled worldwide outrage and condemnation of Tel Aviv's ongoing massacre of Palestinians.

UAW Local 4811 (2025-09-20). UAW 4811 Statement on Disclosure of Names to Trump Administration. indybay.org September 18, 2025 – Last week, about 160 students and workers were informed that UC Berkeley had turned over their names to the Department of Education as part of an investigation into campus protest. The Trump administration has made clear its willingness to weaponize the legal system against anyone it perceives to espouse political opinions that run counter to the president's own.

Tesla Takedown (2025-09-20). Saturday 9/20: Sunnyvale: Protest. indybay.org Tesla dealership – sidewalk protest out in front | 750 E. El Camino Real | Sunnyvale, CA 94087…

WSWS (2025-09-20). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org More than 100,000 health workers in Telangana, India protested over unpaid wages, while thousands of public sector workers in South Australia rallied against the state Labor government's meagre pay offer.

greenleft.org.au (2025-09-20). Nationwide protest: Stand up for Gaza. greenleft.org.au

Phil Pasquini (2025-09-20). FERC and the EPA Continue to Lead in Climate Crisis Denial. indybay.org As they have for the past 11 years, climate change activists from Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) undertook their monthly protest on September 18 when they protested and picketed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) headquarters calling for them to be more than a rubber-stamp for new fossil fuel and pipeline projects.

Committee on Academic Freedom (2025-09-20). Protesting UC Berkeley handing Names of Faculty and Students to Dept. of Education. juancole.com Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | — Letter to UC Berkeley regarding the university's submission to the Department of Education of 160 names of persons associated with allegations of antisemitism President James B. Milliken Office of the President University of California president@ucop.edu Chancellor Rich Lyons Office of …

Juliette Rousselot (2025-09-20). Nepal: Protesters demand integrity, rights, rule of law. fidh.org

greenleft.org.au (2025-09-20). Police, arrests used to silence opposition to genocide at WSU. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-09-20). PNG sovereignty threatened by 'defence' treaty with Australia. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2025-09-19). Louisiana immigration judge orders Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria. wsws.org Mahmoud Khalil has been ordered deported as part of the transparent political vendetta against his steadfast opposition to the Gaza genocide and attempts by the Trump administration to silence him.

ALEX (2025-09-19). Who exactly is the ridiculous 'One In One Out' scheme meant to impress? thecanary.co On the morning of Friday 19 September, an Eritrean man became the second migrant to be deported to France under the UK government's new 'One In One Out' (OIOO) scheme. His Air France flight left Heathrow for Paris at 6: 15am, according to the Home Office. The deportee was accompanied on the flight by no less […] | By

Joe Glenton (2025-09-19). Trump suggests Starmer should bring in the military to deal with migrants. thecanary.co During his UK state visit this week Donald Trump suggested that UK PM Keir Starmer bring in the military to deal with Channel migrants. Clearly, borders haunt the American right. Which isn't to say they don't keep centrists up at night too. Speaking at Chequers Thursday, Trump told his British counterpart: You have people coming […] | By

Gloria Rubac (2025-09-19). 'ICE out of Giddings, Texas!'. workers.org While driving through the small town of Giddings, Texas this writer came across an unexpected protest. Young people in Giddings were furious after two of their friends, while eating hamburgers, were approached by ICE agents who demanded to see documents. Since these young people had lived in Giddings, a small . . . |

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